Small Region of ACS Field Reveals Faint White Dwarfs
A close up image of NGC 6791, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The object is 13,300 light-years away.
Lenticular Galaxy in the Coma Cluster with Numerous Background Galaxies, a Detail of a Larger Hubble Image
A 2008 Hubble Space Telescope image of Coma Cluster, Abell 1656.
Varied Galaxy Types in the Coma Cluster, a Section of a Larger, Detailed Hubble Image
A 2008 Hubble Space Telescope image of Coma Cluster, Abell 1656.
SN 1006 Supernova Remnant (Hubble)
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a portion of SN 1006 (SNR 327.6+14.6) which is located 6,850 light-years away.
Spiral Galaxy in the Coma Cluster, Part of a Larger Hubble Image
A 2008 Hubble Space Telescope image of Coma Cluster, Abell 1656.
Jupiter Map - Unannotated
False color cylindrical map of Jupiter, constructed from a set of images of the planet obtained with the WFPC2 on the Hubble Space Telescope. Individual frames were obtained on May 9 and May 10, 2008. The images were deprojected and mosaiced together. The map shows latitudes between +/-70 deg....
NEW RED SPOT APPEARS ON JUPITER
In what's beginning to look like a case of planetary measles, a third red spot has appeared alongside its cousins – the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. – in the turbulent Jovian atmosphere. This third red spot, which is a fraction of the size of the two other features, lies to the west of the...
Hubble Interacting Galaxy VV 705
VV 705 consists of two galaxies that seem to be embracing each other. The pair, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is located in the constellation Bootes and is approximately 550 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy VV 283
Merging galaxies, VV 283, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, located in the constellation Virgo 500 million light-years away.
Hubble Pinpoints Record-Breaking Explosion
Peering across 7.5 billion light-years and halfway back to the Big Bang, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the fading optical counterpart of a powerful gamma ray burst that holds the record for being the intrinsically brightest naked-eye object ever seen from Earth. For nearly a...
Hubble Interacting Galaxy UGC 12812
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the spiral galaxy UGC 12812. It is located in the constellation Pegasus, roughly 250 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy UGC 8058
UGC 8058, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is located about 600 million light-years away from Earth.
NGC 6090
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged NGC 6090, a beautiful pair of spiral galaxies. They are located in the constellation Draco, roughly 400 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy UGC 4881
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged UGC 4881, a stunning system consisting of two colliding galaxies. This notable object is located in the constellation Lynx, 500 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy UGC 5101
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged UGC 5101, a peculiar galaxy that resides about 550 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 7674
NGC 7674 is the brightest and largest member of Hickson 96 compact group of galaxies. This stunning NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a spiral galaxy nearly face-on. It is located in the constellation Pegasus nearly 400 million light-years away from
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 7469
This stunning pair of interacting galaxies, known as NGC 7469 and IC 5283 was imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The system is located about 200 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, the Winged Horse.
NGC 6621
NGC 6621/2 is a strongly interacting pair of galaxies. The pair, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is located in the constellation Draco, approximately 300 million light-years away from Earth.
NGC 5754
Imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is this beautiful pair of interacting galaxies called NGC 5754 and NGC 5752.They are located in the constellation Bootes 200 million light-years away.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 5257
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged an astonishing galaxy pair, NGC 5257 and NGC 5258. Known collectively as Arp 240, they are located in the direction of the constellation Virgo, approximately 300 million light-years away.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 5331
NGC 5331 is a pair of interacting galaxies imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The pair are located in the constellation Virgo, 450 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 5256
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged NGC 5256. Also known as Markarian 266, it is a striking example of two disk galaxies that are about to merge.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 3690
This system, dubbed NGC 3690 (or Arp 299), consists of a pair of galaxies which made a close pass 700 million years ago.Arp 299, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, belongs to the family of ultra-luminous infrared galaxies and is approximately 150 mil
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 3256
Imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, NGC 3256 is an impressive example of a peculiar galaxy that is actually the relict of a collision of two separate galaxies.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 1614
NGC 1614, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is located about 200 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Eridanus.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 695
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope had imaged NGC 695, a peculiar galaxy which resembles a tornado. The galaxy is located in the direction of the constellation Aries, about 450 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy Mrk 273
Markarian 273 is a galaxy with a bizarre structure that somewhat resembles a toothbrush. Imaged by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, it is located 500 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 520
NGC 520, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is the product of a collision between two disk galaxies. The pair resides about 100 million light-years away.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy MCG02-001
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged MCG+12-02-001, a luminous infrared system located 200 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IRAS 20351
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged MCG+08-11-002, an odd-looking galaxy with a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's center. MCG+08-11-002 is about 250 million light-years away in the constellation Auriga..
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IRAS F10565
IRAS F10565+2448 is a system of two colliding galaxies. Imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, IRAS F10565+2448 is located in the constellation Leo about 600 million light-years away.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IRAS 21101
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged interacting galaxy pairs in a crowded field of Milky Way stars. IRAS 21101+5810 is located in the constellation Cepheus, nearly 550 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6786
IRAS 20351+2521 is a galaxy with a sprawling structure of gas, dust, and numerous blue star knots. The galaxy, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is located in the constellation Vulpecula, 450 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IRAS 18090
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged IRAS 18090+0130, a system consisting of two interacting spiral galaxies. The pair is located in the constellation Ophiuchus, 400 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy II Zw 96
II Zw 96, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is located in the constellation Delphinus about 500 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IC 5298
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged IC 5298, a beautiful face-on spiral galaxy with two long arms extending from the central bulge and curving back amongst the scattered stars, gas and dust.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IC 4687
IC 4687 forms a triplet with two other galaxies, IC 4686, and IC 4689. The interacting triplet, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, is about 250 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Pavo.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IC 2810
NASA's Hubble Space Telscope has imaged IC 2810, a disk galaxy viewed nearly edge-on. IC 2810 is located in the constellation Leo, the Lion, about 450 million light-years away.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IC 2545
IC 2545 is a beautiful, but deceptive object that appears to be a single S-shaped galaxy, but is actually a pair of merging galaxies. Imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, it lies in the constellation Antlia 450 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IC 1623
IC 1623 is an interacting galaxy system that is infrared bright. Imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, it is located about 300 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy IC 883
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged IC 883, located 300 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 507-70
Imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, ESO 507-70 is an odd-looking galaxy that is probably the remnant of an earlier merger process. It is located 300 million light-years away from Earth in theconstellation Hydra.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 550-2
NASA's Hubble Space Telscope has imaged ESO 550-2, a pair of spiral galaxies.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 255-7
ESO 255-7 consists of a quartet of interacting galaxies. The interacting group, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is about 550 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Puppis.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 286-19
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged ESO 286-19, a peculiar galaxy that consists of what were originally two disk galaxies that are now in the midst of an ongoing collision. ESO 286-19 is located 600 million light-years away from Earth and is an except
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 239-2
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged ESO 239-2, the result of a cosmic collision.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 69-6
Imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, ESO 69-6 is located in the constellation Triangulum Australe, the Southern Triangle, about 650 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 99-4
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged ESO 99-4 as it lies in a rich field of foreground stars. It is located in the direction of the constellation Triangulum Australe, about 400 million light-years away.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 148-2
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged ESO 148-2, a beautiful object that resembles an owl in flight.This cosmic owl is one of the most luminous infrared galaxies known and is located 600 million light-years away from Earth.
Starry Splendor in Core of Omega Centauri
The core of the spectacular globular cluster Omega Centauri glitters with the combined light of 2 million stars. The entire cluster contains 10 million stars, and is among the biggest and most massive of some 200 globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy. Omega Centauri lies 17,000...
Hubble Interacting Galaxy CGCG 436-030
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged CGCG 436-030, located in the constellation Pisces, the Fish, about 400 million light-years away.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy Arp 220
Arp 220 appears to be a single, odd-looking galaxy, but is in fact a nearby example of the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The Hubble Space Telescope has observed the brightest of the three galactic mergers closest to Earth, about 250
Hubble Interacting Galaxy AM 0702-601
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged AM 0702, a pair of detached galaxies, that appear far apart but that are on the verge of interacting.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy AM 1316-241
AM 1316-241, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is made up of two interacting galaxies. The pair resides 400 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy 2MASX J09133888-1019196
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged 2MASX J09133888-1019196 which comprises two interacting galaxies. The pair is found in the constellation Hydra, about 700 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy AM 0500-620
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image displays a highly symmetric spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on and partially backlit by a background galaxy. AM0500-620 is 350 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Dorado, the Swordfish.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6050
NGC 6050/IC 1179 (Arp 272) is a remarkable collision between two spiral galaxies, NGC 6050 and IC 1179.The two galaxies, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, are located 450 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Hercules.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 17
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged NGC 17, this galaxy features a single nucleus and tidal tails indicative of two former disk galaxies. NGC 17 is located about 250 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, the Whale.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 77-14
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged ESO 77-14, it is a stunning snapshot of a celestial dance performed by a pair of similar sized galaxies. This interacting pair is in the constellation Indus, the Indian, 550 million light-years away from Earth.
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6786
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image displays a beautiful pair of interacting spiral galaxies with swirling arms. The smaller galaxy, LEDA 62867, will probably be swallowed by the larger spiral galaxy, NGC 6786.
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